BIB_ID
342884
Accession number
MA 150.87
Display Date
1768 Oct. 6.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.7 cm.
Notes
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
This poem is written in an unknown hand and is signed with the initials "H.L."
This poem is written in an unknown hand and is signed with the initials "H.L."
Provenance
By descent to his eldest granddaughter Miss Francis, and in her possession in 1871; sale (London, Sotheby's, 27 November 1897); purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1901.
Summary
Sending him the good wishes of the whole office during his time in Bath; recommending a place to dine and what to order; concluding with "Take this advice, without a fee / (A thing uncommon, Sir, with me.) / But when a friend is in the Case / Custom to gratitude gives place. / All of this Office wish you well / But none more truly than / H.L."
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